Hydrographic licenses — professional web service

Effective as of Sept. 29, 2026

This page applies to the GeoGarage web service for professional use (chart streaming API and web module), which is not intended for navigation. It lists the acknowledgements and notices required by the Re-Use licences granted to Magic Instinct Software (MIS) by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and the hydrographic offices below.

The GeoGarage subscriptions used in navigation applications are a separate product, governed by the Derived Chart Product licences: see Hydrographic licenses.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Acknowledgements and notices

United Kingdom

Re-Use Licence GB BV 003.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office, the Keeper of Public Records and the following authorities: Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal, South African Navy Hydrographic Office, National Hydrographic Office, Sultanate of Oman, Malta Maritime Authority, and the custodianship organisations listed at the end of this section.

NOTICE: The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and its licensors make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The UKHO and its licensors have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Portugal

Re-Use Licence PT BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal and the UK Hydrographic Office with their permission.

NOTICE: The Instituto Hidrográfico, Portugal and the UK Hydrographic Office (IHPT and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The IHPT and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

South Africa

Re-Use Licence ZA BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the South African Navy Hydrographic Office and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The South African Navy Hydrographic Office and UK Hydrographic Offices (SANHO and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The SANHO and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Oman

Re-Use Licence OM BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the National Hydrographic Office, Sultanate of Oman and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The National Hydrographic Office, Sultanate of Oman and UK Hydrographic Offices (NHOSO and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The NHOSO and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Malta

Re-Use Licence MT BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Malta Maritime Authority and the UK Hydrographic Office with their permission.

NOTICE: Malta Maritime Authority (MMA) and the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The MMA and the UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Custodianship organisations:

The third parties listed below have granted their permission to UKHO to grant licences on their behalf to reproduce, adapt and/or translate their intellectual property where it has been incorporated within the UKHO's material. Some of the listed third parties have not granted permission for all their intellectual property to be reproduced, adapted and/or translated. These third parties, and the limitations, are shown below.

Colloquial Name (Facility) / Name of Authority :

Aberdeen / Aberdeen Harbour Board
Alderney / States of Alderney Harbour Authority
Ardrossan / Clyde - Peel Ports
Argyll / Argyll & Bute Council
Armadale / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Avonmouth / First Corporate Shipping Limited (Bristol Port Company)
Ayr (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Barrow (ABP - NW Ports) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Barry (ABP - S. Wales) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Belfast / Belfast Harbour Commissioners
Bideford / Torridge District Council (Bideford)
Birkenhead / Mersey - Peel Ports
Blyth / Blyth Harbour Commission
Boston / Port of Boston Ltd
Brightlingsea / Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners
Bristol: Royal Portbury Dock / First Corporate Shipping Limited (Bristol Port Company)
Brixham / Torbay Council - Tor Bay Harbour Authority
Brodick / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Bude / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Bute / Argyll & Bute Council
Caernarfon / Caernarfon Harbour Trust
Cairnryan / Port of Cairnryan Ltd
Cardiff (ABP - S. Wales) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Castlebay / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Chatham / Medway - Peel Ports
Chichester / Chichester Harbour Conservancy
Clydeport / Clyde - Peel Ports
Coll / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Colonsay / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Cowes / Cowes Harbour Commission
Cromarty Firth / Cromarty Firth Port Authority
Dart Harbour / Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority
Dee (River Dee Conservancy) / Environment Agency (River Dee Conservancy)
Dover / Dover Harbour Board
Dundee (Port of Dundee) / Forth Ports Limited
Falmouth / Falmouth Harbour Commissioners
Falmouth Docks & Engineering / Falmouth Docks & Engineering (A&P Group)
Falmouth (Prince of Wales Pier) / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Felixstowe / Harwich Haven Authority
Fishguard / Stena Line Ports Ltd
Fleetwood (ABP - NW Ports) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Folkestone / Folkstone Harbour Company
Forth Ports / Forth Ports Limited
Fowey / Fowey Harbour Commissioners
Fraserburgh / Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners
Gairloch / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Garlieston Harbour / DGFirst - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Garston (ABP - NW Ports) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Glasgow / Clyde - Peel Ports
Glensanda Harbour / Aggregate Industries UK Ltd (Glensanda Harbour)
Gloucester / Gloucester Harbour Trustees
Goole (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber)
Gourock / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Great Yarmouth / Great Yarmouth Port Authority
Greenock / Clydeport Operations Limited
Grimsby (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber)
Guernsey / States of Guernsey Harbour Authority
Hamble / River Hamble Harbour Authority
Hartlepool / PD Ports
Harwich / Harwich Haven Authority
Hayle / Hayle Harbour Authority
Helmsdale / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Heysham / Mersey - Peel Ports
Hinkley Point C / Hinkley Point C Harbour Authority
Holyhead / Stena Line Ports Ltd
Hull (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber)
Hunterston / Clyde - Peel Ports
Immingham (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber)
Inverness / Inverness Harbour Trust
Ipswich (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Isle of Man / Isle of Man Harbours Division
Isle of Whithorn Harbour / DGFirst - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Jersey / Jersey Harbours
Kennacraig / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
King's Lynn (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
King's Lynn Conservancy Board / King's Lynn Conservancy Board
Kinlochbervie / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Kirkcudbright Harbour / DGFirst - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Kyle of Lochalsh / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Lancaster / Lancaster Port Commission
Langstone / Langstone Harbour Board
Largs / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Larne / Larne Harbour Ltd
Lerwick / Lerwick Port Authority
Littlehampton / Littlehampton Harbour Board
Loch Ryan (Outer) / DGFirst - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Loch Ryan Port (Cairnryan) / Stena Line Ports Ltd
Lochaline / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Lochboisdale / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Lochboisdale (Outer) / Lochboisdale Development Ltd
Lochinver / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Lochranza / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Londonderry / Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
Lough Foyle / Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners
Lowestoft (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Lymington / Lymington Harbour Commissioners
Mallaig / Mallaig Harbour Authority
Manchester Ship Canal / Mersey - Peel Ports
Milford Haven / Milford Haven Port Authority
Mistley / Harwich Haven Authority
Montrose / Montrose Port Authority
Mostyn / Port of Mostyn
Mousehole / Mousehole Harbour Authority
Neath / Neath Port Authority
Newhaven / Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd
Newlyn / Newlyn Pier & Harbour Commissioners
Newport (ABP - S. Wales) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Newquay / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Oban / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Orkney Islands / Orkney Islands Council
Padstow / Padstow Harbour Commissioners
Paignton / Torbay Council - Tor Bay Harbour Authority
Par / Imerys Minerals Ltd (Port of Par)
Pembroke Port / Milford Haven Port Authority
Penrhyn / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Penzance / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Perth / Perth & Kinross Council
Peterhead / Peterhead Port Authority
Plymouth (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Plymouth (Cattewater) / Cattewater Harbour Commissioners
Poole / Poole Harbour Commissioners
Port Ellen / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Port of Liverpool / Mersey - Peel Ports
Port of London / Port of London Authority
Port Talbot (ABP - S. Wales) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Port William Harbour / DGFirst - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Portland Harbour / Portland Harbour Authority Ltd
Portreath / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Portree / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Portscatho / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Portsmouth / Portsmouth International Port
Portwrinkle / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Ramsgate / Port of Ramsgate - Thanet District Council
Rye Harbour / Environment Agency (Rye Harbour)
Salcombe / Salcombe Harbour
Sark / Sark Harbours and Pilotage Committee
Scrabster / Scrabster Harbour Trust
Seaham / Seaham Harbour Dock Company
Sheerness / Medway - Peel Ports
Shetland Islands / Shetland Islands Council
Shoreham / Shoreham Port Authority
Silloth (ABP - NW Ports) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Southampton (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
St. Ives / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
St Mary's Harbour / St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)
Stornoway / Stornoway Port Authority
Stranraer (East Pier) / Stena Line Ports Ltd
Stranraer (West Pier) / DGFirst - Dumfries and Galloway Council
Sunderland / Port of Sunderland
Swansea (ABP - S Wales) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Tarbert (Isle of Harris) / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Tees / PD Ports
Teignmouth (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Teignmouth Harbour Commission / Teignmouth Harbour Commission
Tiree (Gott Bay) / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Tobermory Harbour / Tobermory Harbour Authority
Tor Bay / Torbay Council - Tor Bay Harbour Authority
Torquay / Torbay Council - Tor Bay Harbour Authority
Troon (ABP) / Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber)
Truro / Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours)
Tyne / Port of Tyne Authority
Uig / Highland Council Harbours Authority
Ullapool / Ullapool Harbour Trustees
Warrenpoint / Warrenpoint Harbour Authority
Wemyss Bay / Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
Western Isles / Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CNES) / Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (CNES) Ports & Harbours
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council / Weymouth & Portland Borough Council
Whitstable / Canterbury City Council - Whitstable Harbour
Wisbech / Port of Wisbech Authority
Workington / Port of Workington
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) / Yarmouth Harbour (Isle of Wight)

Irish Authorities :

An Daingean (Dingle) / Fishery Harbour Centres; Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Arklow / Arklow Harbour Commissioners
Bantry Bay / Port of Cork Company
Commissioners of Irish Lights / Commissioners of Irish Lights
Cork (Port of Cork) / Port of Cork Company
Drogheda / Drogheda Port Company
Dublin Port Company / Dublin Port Company
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company / Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company
Dundalk / Dublin Port Company
Dunmore East / Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Foynes / Shannon Foynes Port Company
Galway Harbour Company / Galway Harbour Company
Howth / Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Killybegs / Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Kinsale / Cork County Council
Limerick / Shannon Foynes Port Company
New Ross / Port of New Ross
Ros A'Mhil (Rossaveel) / Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Rosslare / Iarnrod Eirann - Rosslare Europort
Shannon (River Shannon) / Shannon Foynes Port Company
Waterford / Port of Waterford Company
Wicklow / Wicklow County Council

Other port authorities :

Gibraltar / Gibraltar Port Authority

Other data providers :

CAA (PEXA) / Civil Aviation Authority
Crown Estate / The Crown Estate
DEFRA / Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Land & Property Services / Land & Property Services, Northern Ireland
MCA / Maritime & Coastguard Agency
NLB / Northern Lighthouse Board
SOPAC (South Pacific Communities) / SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division
Trinity House / Corporation of Trinity House
Wessex Archaeology / Wessex Archaeology

Iceland

Re-Use Licence IS BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Icelandic Coastguard, Hydrographic Department and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The Icelandic Coastguard, Hydrographic Department and UK Hydrographic Offices (ICG-HD and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The ICG-HD and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Belgium

Re-Use Licence BE BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Vlaamse Hydrografie and the UK Hydrographic Office with their permission.

NOTICE: The Vlaamse Hydrografie and UK Hydrographic Offices (VH and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The VH and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Netherlands

Re-Use Licence NL BV 004.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Netherlands and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The Netherlands and UK Hydrographic Offices (NLHO and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The NLHO and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Argentina

Re-Use Licence AR BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, Argentina and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, Argentina and UK Hydrographic Offices (SHN and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The SHN and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Spain

Re-Use Licence ES BV 003.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina and UK Hydrographic Offices (IHM and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The IHM and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. The use of this product for the planning and execution of passages will not meet the requirements of SOLAS.

Croatia

Re-Use Licence HR BV 002.

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the Hrvatski Hidrografski Institut and UK Hydrographic Offices with their permission.

NOTICE: The Hrvatski Hidrografski Institut and UK Hydrographic Offices (HHI and UKHO) make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The HHI and UKHO have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.